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Public finance

the principle that people who are equally well off before taxes should be equally well off after taxes.

In public finance, horizontal equity refers to the principle that people who are equally well off before taxes should be equally well off after taxes. This meaning comes from Feldstein (1976) in Journal of Public Economics.[1]

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References

Feldstein, M. (1976). On the theory of tax reform. Journal of Public Economics, 6(1-2), 77-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2727(76)90042-6

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